Cooperation in the High North: the case of Iceland
The melting of the Arctic ice is opening new shipping routes through the Arctic; thus making Arctic resources more accessible. The opening up of the High North and its increasing strategic importance, means that Iceland, like other Arctic countries, must find ways to deal with risks and threats asso...
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fttriple:oai:gotriple.eu:oai:doaj.org/article:5ea47dbabb934fd69d34a7fd31c57c1c 2023-05-15T14:30:47+02:00 Cooperation in the High North: the case of Iceland Gustav Pétursson 2011-01-01 https://doaj.org/article/5ea47dbabb934fd69d34a7fd31c57c1c en fi eng fin The Geographical Society of Northern Finland 1238-2086 2736-9722 https://doaj.org/article/5ea47dbabb934fd69d34a7fd31c57c1c undefined Nordia Geographical Publications, Vol 40, Iss 4 (2011) scipo hist Journal Article https://vocabularies.coar-repositories.org/resource_types/c_6501/ 2011 fttriple 2023-01-22T19:23:35Z The melting of the Arctic ice is opening new shipping routes through the Arctic; thus making Arctic resources more accessible. The opening up of the High North and its increasing strategic importance, means that Iceland, like other Arctic countries, must find ways to deal with risks and threats associated with these changes. Unlike the Cold War period, when Iceland was mostly concerned with traditional military security; it is now faced with multi-dimensional security risks and threats, in areas covering military-; political-; economic-; societal-; and environmental security (Buzan et al. 1998). Many of them are problems that Iceland is not able to solve by it self and therefore needs to cooperate with external actors to meet these challenges. Iceland can seek to respond to these threats and risks through the Arctic Council the European Union, as well as NATO. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Council Arctic Iceland Unknown Arctic |
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The melting of the Arctic ice is opening new shipping routes through the Arctic; thus making Arctic resources more accessible. The opening up of the High North and its increasing strategic importance, means that Iceland, like other Arctic countries, must find ways to deal with risks and threats associated with these changes. Unlike the Cold War period, when Iceland was mostly concerned with traditional military security; it is now faced with multi-dimensional security risks and threats, in areas covering military-; political-; economic-; societal-; and environmental security (Buzan et al. 1998). Many of them are problems that Iceland is not able to solve by it self and therefore needs to cooperate with external actors to meet these challenges. Iceland can seek to respond to these threats and risks through the Arctic Council the European Union, as well as NATO. |
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Cooperation in the High North: the case of Iceland |
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